Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

December 26, 2019

NAVIDEA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-35076	31-1080091
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

4995 Bradenton Avenue, Suite 240, Dublin, Ohio	43017
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

(614) 793-7500

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock		NAVB		NYSE American

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On December 30, 2019, Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Navidea”) issued a press release announcing that on December 26, 2019, the United States District Court, Southern District of New York ruled on several motions related to Navidea and its majority-owned subsidiary, Macrophage Therapeutics, Inc. (“MT”) and Dr. Michael Goldberg that substantially limited the claims that Dr. Goldberg can pursue against Navidea and MT.

A copy of the Company’s December 30, 2019 press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number	Exhibit Description

99.1	Press Release dated December 30, 2019.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.


Date: December 30, 2019	By:	/s/ Jed A. Latkin
		Jed A. Latkin Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer